Kenichi Honda

Kenichi Honda
BornAugust 23, 1925
DiedFebruary 26, 2011 (aged 85)
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
AwardsAsahi Prize (1982)
Japan Prize (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsPhotoelectrochemistry
Doctoral studentsAkira Fujishima

Kenichi Honda (本多健一, August 23, 1925 – February 26, 2011) was a Japanese chemist. He made a significant contribution to the discovery and characterization of photocatalytic properties of titanium dioxide (TiO2), for which he shared the 2004 Japan Prize with his former student Akira Fujishima.